Health Commissioner Judith Persichilli announced at Wednesday’s COVID-19 briefing that a Sussex County man has tested positive for the Jamestown Canyon virus.

The virus is New Jersey's first human case of the mosquito-borne illness in six years.

According to health officials, the man, who is in his 60s, developed a fever and neurological problems last month.            

The last case in 2015 was also a man who lived in Sussex County.

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